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公开(公告)号:US11691844B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-04
申请号:US17148990
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Mark John Zajkowski , Huseyin Kandir , Todd William Danko , Don Mark Lipkin , Wayne Ray Grady , Andrew Crispin Graham , Trevor Owen Hawke
CPC classification number: B65H59/40 , B65H59/18 , B65H59/28 , B65H59/34 , B65H59/388
Abstract: A cable tensioning system including: a body defining a balance point; a cable receiving area having gripping elements configured to grip and bias a cable relative to the cable tensioning system; and a sensor configured to sense changes to a balance of the body about the balance point, wherein the cable tensioning system is configured to maintain the cable within a preset range of tensions.
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公开(公告)号:US20220314430A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17219577
申请日:2021-03-31
Applicant: Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited , General Electric Company
Inventor: Andrew Crispin Graham , Tim Henri Ann Francois , Joanna Mechelle Jayawickrema , Wayne Ray Grady
Abstract: Extension tools and methods of inserting extension tools within components are provided. For example, an extension tool has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable relative to one another and a support member defining the distal end and including a first wheel disposed at the distal end and a second wheel spaced apart from the first wheel. Additionally, or alternatively, an extension tool may comprise a plurality of windows defined in the plurality of sequentially arranged links. The windows are defined periodically along the plurality of sequentially arranged links such that a periodicity of the widows corresponds to a periodicity of a plurality of features of the component.
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公开(公告)号:US20210310415A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-07
申请号:US17351813
申请日:2021-06-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Mehmet M. Dede , Byron Andrew Pritchard,, Jr. , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady , Marc Metz , Gary Lee Ward
Abstract: A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath.
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公开(公告)号:US11067002B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-20
申请号:US15370398
申请日:2016-12-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Mehmet M. Dede , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady , Marc Metz , Gary Lee Ward
Abstract: A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath.
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公开(公告)号:US20180117760A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15342500
申请日:2016-11-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ser Nam Lim , David Scott Diwinsky , Xiao Bian , Wayne Ray Grady , Mustafa Gokhan Uzunbas , Mustafa Devrim Kaba
IPC: B25J9/16
CPC classification number: B25J9/163 , B25J9/1661 , B25J9/1694 , G01B11/24 , G05B19/401 , G05B2219/37441 , G05B2219/37448 , G05B2219/37451 , G05B2219/40499 , G05B2219/45066 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G06T7/0004
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method of sensor planning for acquiring samples via an apparatus including one or more sensors. The computer-implemented method includes defining, by one or more computing devices, an area of interest; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more sensing parameters for the one or more sensors; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a sampling combination for acquiring a plurality of samples by the one or more sensors based at least in part on the one or more sensing parameters; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, one or more command control signals to the apparatus including the one or more sensors to acquire the plurality of samples of the area of interest using the one or more sensors based at least on the sampling combination.
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公开(公告)号:US20250163824A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-22
申请号:US19027502
申请日:2025-01-17
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: David Scott Diwinsky , Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Lyle Timothy Rasch , Michael Dean Fullington , Wayne Ray Grady , Andrew Crispin Graham
Abstract: A system for compensating for a relative motion between a probe and an apparatus. The system includes a probe assembly, a sensor, and a computer. The probe assembly includes an actuator pack positioned exterior to the apparatus and a probe insertable into the apparatus. The probe includes a first end coupled to the actuator pack, a second end, and an elongated body extending therebetween. The sensor senses data indicative of a relative motion between the apparatus and the probe assembly. The computer is operably coupled with the sensor and the probe assembly to move the probe of the probe assembly in response to the sensor sensing the data indicative of the relative motion between the apparatus and the probe assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20220219937A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17148990
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Mark John Zajkowski , Huseyin Kandir , Todd William Danko , Don Mark Lipkin , Wayne Ray Grady , Andrew Crispin Graham , Trevor Owen Hawke
IPC: B65H59/40
Abstract: A cable tensioning system including: a body defining a balance point; a cable receiving area having gripping elements configured to grip and bias a cable relative to the cable tensioning system; and a sensor configured to sense changes to a balance of the body about the balance point, wherein the cable tensioning system is configured to maintain the cable within a preset range of tensions
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公开(公告)号:US10988268B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US16008510
申请日:2018-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Andrew Crispin Graham , Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Lyle Timothy Rasch , Michael Dean Fullington , Wayne Ray Grady , David Scott Diwinsky , Michael Todd Stowe
Abstract: A system is provided for performing an operation on a component of an engine. The component includes a first side positioned within an interior of the engine. The system includes a first robotic arm defining a first distal end and including a first utility member positioned at the first distal end, the first robotic arm moveable to the interior of the engine to a location operably adjacent to the first side of the component; and a second robotic arm defining a second distal end and including a second utility member positioned at the second distal end, the second robotic arm also moveable to the interior of the engine to facilitate the first and second utility members performing the operation on the component of the engine.
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公开(公告)号:US10761312B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
申请号:US15278541
申请日:2016-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ethan Patrick O'Connor , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an optical adapter for an optical scope. The optical scope includes a tube defining a conduit. The optical adapter is coupled to an end of the tube. The optical adapter defines a proximate end and a distal end. The optical adapter includes a casing defining a longitudinal direction. The casing includes a first wall and a second wall, in which the first wall and the second wall define a first viewing port therebetween. The second wall defines a second viewing port. The optical adapter further includes a hinge coupled to the first wall, a reflecting lens defining a first end separated from a second end in the longitudinal direction, in which the first end is coupled to the hinge, and an actuator coupled to the first wall and to the second end of the reflecting lens. The actuator pivots the reflecting lens about the hinge from a retracted position adjacent to the first wall to an extended position toward the second wall.
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公开(公告)号:US11739695B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17351813
申请日:2021-06-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Mehmet M. Dede , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady , Marc Metz , Gary Lee Ward
CPC classification number: F02C7/32 , F01D25/285 , F02C3/04 , H04N7/181 , B05B13/0627 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2230/72 , F05D2230/90 , F05D2240/35 , Y02T50/60
Abstract: A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath.
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